Myths of Geography
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Is geography really destiny?Our maps may no longer be stalked by
dragons and monsters, but our perceptions of the world are still
shaped by geographic myths. Myths like Europe being the centre of
the world. Or that border walls are the solution to migration.Or
that Russia is predestined to threaten its neighbours. In his
punchy and authoritative new book, Paul Richardson challenges
recent popular accounts of geographical determinism and shows that
how the world is represented often isn't how it really is - that
the map is not the territory. Along the way we visit some
remarkable places: Iceland's Thingvellir National Park, where you
can swim between two continents, and Bir Tawil in North Africa, one
of the world's only territories not claimed by any country.We
follow the first train that ran across Eurasia between Yiwu in east
China and Barking in east London, and scale the US-Mexico border
wall to find out why such fortifications don't work. Written with
verve and full of quotable facts, Myths of Geography is a book that
will turn your world upside down.
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